Canada assailed over its 700 MHz licensee R&D rule: Industry Canada’s proposed requirement that new 700 MHz licensees must invest 2 percent of their adjusted gross revenues in eligible research and development activities related to telecommunications is “an artifact from a previous era that Is no longer appropriate or required,” according to the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association.

Mozilla preps launch of Firefox Mobile OS: Mozilla today confirmed plans to launch a new open mobile operating system based on HTML5 and it has the support of some big names in the industry, including Sprint, Telefonica, and Deutsche Telekom.